Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2008: 11 bulletins

Microsoft will patch 11 vulnerabilities on Tuesday. Four of the …

Microsoft will issue four Security Bulletins on Tuesday, and it will host a webcast to address customer questions on these bulletins the following day (October 15 at 11:00 AM PDT, if you're interested). Four of the vulnerabilities are marked as "Critical," six are rated "Important," and one is considered to be "Moderate." The first four earned the rating through a remote code execution impact, meaning a hacker could potentially gain control of an infected machine. Eight of the 11 updates will require a restart.